Sharpening steels and slicks

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Very nice looking steels! ::tu::
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I am more of a freak about sharpening implements than the implements you sharpen on them I think. I regrettably sold a few of my F. Dick slicks a couple years ago, here are some I still have. The middle one is a very old Forschner, the other two are F. dicks; The smallest one gets the most use. I have seen some of these with a very slight texture, not rough like the steels you commonly see in carving sets, but just a faint texture like on a Schrade fs-1 honesteel. I have had good luck with those, the very coarse ones like are commonly found with carving sets I have not had much luck getting a satisfactory edge with. My dad picked up an oval F. dick slick recently that I really like, alas I have yet to talk him out of it. I guess I'll just have to find my own eventually.
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I sympathize muskrat man,it becomes an obsession.I started out looking for one short stag handled steel for a project.Now I think I have a dozen or so all kinds and am looking for a slick. Then got started on vintage stones that led to this lol-
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Is that one of the old nortons in the cast iron box? I'd love to find one of those. I like that they can be bought cheap at flea markets then refurbished. and it's kind of a surprise each time because most of the time they are so gunked up and caked with oil you can't tell what they are unless they are in the original box. I have dozens of stones. I like razor hones the best.
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Yep,that's one of the old Norton cast iron stone boxes.Just picked it up a couple weeks ago. LOL Kinda the center piece for my budding vintage Norton collection.Lotta variety in those razor hones,only have one so far.It's kind of a cross collection as I like Keen Kutter/Simmons Hardware stuff-
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Figures, you only got one and it's one I've been after, a green one! lamo very nice stone. ::tu::
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I've posted this on AAPK before, but it fits here.
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